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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. We help developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. Since our founding in 1945, we have focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world's poor and hungry people.
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Displaying 4881 - 4885 of 5073The land market in Latin America and the Caribbean: concentration and foreignization
The present publication is the sequel to the book “Dinámicas del mercado de la tierra en América Latina
yel Caribe: concentración y extranjerización”, published by the Regional Office of FAO in June 2012. The
publication included national case studies on the dynamics of land concentration over the past five years in
seventeen countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The studies had been commissioned by FAO.
The current publication analyses the main trends in land market dynamics as well as the processes of land
Monitoring the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security: A Civil Society Perspective - Le suivi des Directiv
Land Tenure Working Paper 22. This study is intended to contribute to the effective implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines by exploring ways of monitoring the governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests and providing a civil society perspective on monitoring in the context of the Guidelines. It also identifies various gaps in monitoring activities by institutions in the context of tenure of land, fisheries and forests.
The gender and equity implications of land-related investments on land access and labour and income-generating opportunities
This study investigates the gender dimensions of the socioeconomic outcomes of selected agricultural investments in Northern Tanzania. The report draws on a review of the literature and on field research conducted in 2011. Fieldwork mainly involved stakeholder interviews and focus groups discussions with investors, local farmers, outgrowers and wage workers involved with two private-sector companies – in horticulture and jatropha – and with group-based producer schemes organized with the assistance of a member-based organization.
LADA Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands Methodology and Results
LADA (Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands project) is a scientifically-based approach to assessing and mapping land degradation at different spatial scales ? small to large ? and at various levels ? local to global. It was initiated in drylands, but the methods and tools have been developed so as to be widely applicable in other ecosystems and diverse contexts with minimal required adaptation.
Land and Property Rights
In rural areas, land is the basis for agricultural production and the source for securing natural
resources through fishing, hunting, pasturing or other activities. Land is used by many people for
different purposes (e.g. for agricultural production, housing, industry, services and government).
Land also has social, cultural and political functions related to each country’s history.
Because land is used for so many purposes, land and property rights have broad impact on people’s